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Sierra Leone Scrabble Champion Emmanuel King Secures Spot in World Championships

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Sierra Leone Scrabble Champion Emmanuel King Secures Spot in World Championships
Sierra Leone Scrabble Champion Emmanuel King Secures Spot in World Championships

Emmanuel King, a junior lawyer at Nicol-Wilson & Co. (Malaika Chambers), has emerged as the champion of the Sierra Leone Scrabble tournament. He beat 15 other players to secure a spot at the 2023 World English Language Scrabble Players Association (WESPA) Championship, which is scheduled to take place in July in Las Vegas, USA. King won 15 out of the 20 games played, with a spread of +1308. Yusuf Koroma finished as the runner-up, winning 14 out of 20 games played, with a spread of +787. Abdul Borbor Kamara came in third place, winning 12.5 games with a spread of +527.

Ibrahim Deen Swarray, Patrick Hamilton-Drape, and Ibrahim Conteh finished in the fourth, fifth, and sixth positions, respectively, while veteran scrabbler Ishmael Sesay finished in eighth place.

In an interview with Owlsports, King expressed his delight at being crowned the champion of this year’s qualifiers. He commended his opponents for their inspiring play and admitted that they pushed him to his limits. Despite feeling nervous before the decisive clash with Patrick, Yusuf, and Abdul Borbor, he said he was able to conquer them in the end.

King acknowledged that the road ahead will not be easy, but he is mentally preparing himself to represent Sierra Leone at the championship and hopes to fly the country’s flag high. He believes that his remarkable spread in the qualifiers is an indication that he has taken a step forward and is looking forward to preparing for the upcoming championship.

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Festus Conteh is an international youth that functions conveniently in all forms of writing including article writing, news, script, content writing, constitution and project/proposal writing. Writing is fun to Festus and has brought fame and recognition in his clime. In 2019, he was awarded best upcoming writer in an online writing completion that was organized by the Association of Sierra Leonean Authors (ASLA). After his impactful contribution to national development and cohesion through writing, he was nominated for the African Genius Award for the Best Writer in Africa Award Category an award he lost to one of the greatest African Writers - Chinua Achebe. In 2022, Festus was one of the applicants to the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) as Vice Chairperson (Policy and Advocacy) a process that met imperil feedback. As a freelancer, Festus has written articles for magazines, newspapers, and media houses and his articles have attracted big media houses including BBC, Aljazeera and Legit. Ng and is the Head of Programs at Salone Messenger a public relations firm based in Sierra Leone with the latest news and information. He is the founder of Africa’s Wakanda a platform that spotlight the beauty of Africa. Festus is also a perpetual volunteer in life-changing causes and has shown great commitment and dedication to being a catalyst and solution to the challenges faced by young people like himself. Festus currently serves as the Secretary General of the Africa Youth Leaders movement which is a network of youth between the ages of 20 – 30 years who have shown achievement, leadership potential and commitment to make a difference. Festus is also the Africa Focal Point of Youth for Change Initiative, which is a platform through which young people can access resources, be empowered and given the opportunity to grow to become useful members of society who will participate in the development of their communities and nation. Along with another Africa Youth platform, Festus has Co-Founded the Future of Africa initiative which is an advocate forum with the aim to bring together local and international socio-economic stakeholders to support innovative programs aimed at advancing the radical and practical progress of adoption awareness-vulnerable children and youth and youth leadership-through interlinking local, regional and international resources and opportunities.